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Friday, July 1, 2011

Creating Dreams for Others

"I spend almost no time thinking about the worth of my writing. And none at all in daydreams about the wealth I’ll have when someone makes a movie from my bestseller. Writing is what I do. It is the profession I have taken for myself. I do not see it as a literary lottery to be played when I feel like it; I know I will make it big simply because I’ve written some words on some pages. I write 10 pages every working day, or more some days, but quality can suffer from great speed. …

"The pages get better with each book. Maybe that is the way to find a publisher. Write long enough and some skill will come, and publishers will pay for skill. It is not the thing that dreams are made of, but writing is creating dreams for others. For the writer, it is his work. And work worth doing. Well."

{From an article by G. Scott Wright Jr., The Writer, April 1976; reprinted in The Writer April 2006}

My favorite sentence from the above quote is this: It is not the thing that dreams are made of, but writing is creating dreams for others. This sentence glows because I was a voracious reader before I was a writer. It was reading that made me want to be a writer when I was very little. I loved books and stories so much that writing my own was a natural step.

There are hundreds of incredible books and authors who have created dreams for me, who created my biggest dream of becoming a writer. And for that I thank you, the Writer, for doing what you do every day: putting some words on some pages. It’s valuable work, and delightful play.

May your dreams come true soon! And when they do, may you discover new worthwhile dreams to pursue. Happy writing and happy weekend, Zigzaggers!!!

To my Canadian neighbors: Happy Canada Day!!!

And to those in theUSA:HAPPYINDEPENDENCEDAYweekend!!!Have a safe, fun, and firecracking fabulous holiday!